KAREN BLANCHARD • CHRISTINE ROOT

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Chapter Grammar for Writing Writer’s Tips Writing Activities

1GETTING ORGANIZEDLearning Outcome:

Organize items on a list into groups

• Capitalization and punctuation

• Organizing information into groups

• Identifying irrelevant information

• Writing and organizing lists

• Organizing items into groups

2UNDERSTANDING PARAGRAPHSLearning Outcome:

Write a well-organized paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence

• Compound sentences • Paragraph form

• Topic sentence

• Paragraph unity

• Identifying parts of a paragraph

• Writing topic, supporting, and concluding sentences

• Using topic sentences as prompts for paragraphs

• Following steps to write well-organized paragraphs

3ORGANIZING INFORMATION BY TIME ORDERLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph organized by time order

• Prepositions of time

• Complex sentences with before and after

• Signal words

• Writing titles for paragraphs

• Writing an email using prepositions of time

• Writing paragraphs in chronological order prompted by schedules, lists, and time lines

• Writing biographical paragraphs

WORD BANKS Signal words that show time order

Other signals of time order

4ORGANIZING INFORMATION BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCELearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph listing the supporting ideas in order of importance

• Comma splices • Gerunds in topic sentences

• Adding new ideas

• Writing topic sentences for order of importance paragraphs

• Writing and ordering supporting points

• Writing paragraphs organized by order of importance

• Writing equal-order paragraphs

WORD BANK Order of importance signal words

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5ORGANIZING INFORMATION BY SPATIAL ORDERLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph describing a place using spatial order

• Prepositions of place • Organizing details • Writing topic sentences for spatial order paragraphs

• Organizing details in spatial order

• Writing descriptive paragraphs using spatial order

WORD BANK Prepositions of place

6UNDERSTANDING THE WRITING PROCESSLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph using the three steps of the writing process

• Sentence fragments • Writing the first draft • Recognizing and using the steps of the writing process

• Brainstorming, clustering, listing

• Organizing ideas into lists and outlines

• Revising and editing paragraphs

7SUPPORTING THE MAIN IDEALearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph using charts, graphs, and quotes to support the main idea

• Introducing examples: Using for example, for instance, such as

• Punctuating quotes

• Providing support • Using the writing process

• Writing paragraphs with supporting examples, personal experiences, facts, statistics, information from graphs and charts, and quotes

WORD BANKS Verbs that describe change

Adjectives and adverbs describing degree of change

Verbs that introduce quotes

8EXPLAINING A PROCESSLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph describing the steps in a process

• Imperative sentences • Time order signal words • Using the writing process

• Writing topic sentences for process paragraphs

• Ordering sentences in process paragraphs

• Writing process paragraphs

WORD BANK Direction signal words

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9WRITING DESCRIPTIONSLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph using descriptive details about a person, place or thing

• Order of adjectives • Sensory words

• Using adjectives

• Using the writing process

• Writing topic sentences for descriptive paragraphs

• Writing details in descriptive paragraphs

• Writing descriptive paragraphs about people, places, and objects

WORD BANKS Words to describe people

Common sensory words

Words for describing places

10EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph that expresses your opinion on a number of topics

• Run-on sentences • Using reasons • Using the writing process

• Writing topic sentences for opinion paragraphs

• Writing supporting details for opinion paragraphs

• Writing opinion paragraphs

11COMPARING AND CONTRASTINGLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph comparing or contrasting two people, experiences, or things

• Sentence patterns of comparison

• Comparative adjectives

• Compare and contrast • Using the writing process

• Writing topic sentences for comparison and contrast paragraphs

• Writing paragraphs of comparison and contrast

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12ANALYZING CAUSES AND EFFECTSLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph describing the causes or effects of an event

• Complex sentences with because and since

• Paragraph unity • Using the writing process

• Writing topic sentences for cause and effect paragraphs

• Writing cause and effect paragraphs

13WRITING SUMMARIES AND ANSWERING TEST QUESTIONSLearning Outcome:

Write a paragraph that summarizes an article or a story

• Agreement of subjects and verbs

• Verb and pronoun agreement

• Subject/verb agreement

• Steps in writing a summary

• Answering test questions

• Using the writing process

• Identifying main ideas and details

• Writing summaries

• Writing answers to test questions

14WRITING PERSONAL LETTERS AND BUSINESS LETTERSLearning Outcome:

Write personal and business letters

• Capitalization and punctuation in letters

• Personal letters

• Addressing envelopes

• Business letters

• Writing personal letters

• Writing business letters

• Writing letters of complaint and praise